Passengers crammed into rush-hour trains will be little surprised to learn that the busiest rail stations, including Leeds, are getting ever-more crowded.

Some London stations handled upwards of 8% more passengers last year, with the total for the busiest of them all - Waterloo - approaching the 100 million mark. Of the 10 busiest stations, Euston had the largest increase last year, rising 9.4%.

The only non-London stations in the top 10 were 10th-placed Leeds, where numbers were up 5.3% to 27.73 million, and Birmingham New Street, which was in 8th place and where numbers rose 8.3% to 34.75 million.

From the Office of Rail Regulation, the figures were based on estimates of entries and exits at stations for the period April 1 2013 to March 31 2014.

On this basis, Waterloo was the busiest station with 98.44 million passengers - a rise of 2.6% on 2012/13.

Next was Victoria, where numbers rose 5.2% to 81.35 million, with Liverpool Street third with a rise of 7.8% to 63 million.